Ispace is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates and a small Japanese robot as…
Category: New York Times Space & Cosmos
New York Times Space & Cosmos
Northern Lights Are Seen in Places Where They Normally Aren’t
The lights, driven by a large burst of energy from the sun, illuminated an unusually wide…
SpaceX’s Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess
Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime following SpaceX’s rocket launch…
Starship Explosion a Setback, But Not a Total Failure For SpaceX and Musk
The first flight of the most powerful rocket ever was not the success that Elon Musk…
SpaceX Was Probably Behind the Mysterious Spiral in the Alaska Sky
A large blue swirl that appeared in the night sky and within the aurora borealis did…
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Will Try to Launch on 4/20: What to Expect
The company scrubbed a test flight of the most powerful rocket ever to launch on Monday.…
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Will Try to Launch Again: What to Expect
The company scrubbed a test flight of the most powerful rocket ever to launch on Monday.…
El futuro de los telescopios gigantescos está en el Atacama
Muchos de los principales telescopios de la Tierra se ubican en una franja de terreno que…
Courting the Sirens of the Southern Sky
These days it takes a generation to build a giant telescope. A new one is taking…
From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Before an observatory can plumb the secrets of the cosmos, it must navigate more humbling challenges. …